Originally Posted by
henra
On an individual level (re the persons involved) for sure. On a national level there is still a difference. Better a failure (with subsequent learning) in a voluntary aid to another Country than trying it the first time defending your homeland.
Along that same line, when Patriot was first used in anger against Iraq, it
didn't work very well against ballistic SCUD missiles (in spite of impressive looking TV footage).
We learned from that, and the current version of Patriot is far improved.